When there’s space for one more item in the grocery cart, how do you #treatyoself? Many people go for...dairy.

You made your list. You stocked up on fruits and vegetables, maybe even using an app to help you keep track. Now, there’s room for one more item in your grocery cart. And you know just what it's going to be.

It’s not something you need to survive, but it’s definitely the part of shopping you’re most excited about. It's the splurge.

The splurge—that probably-too-expensive, possibly-not-very-healthy-but-definitely-delicious item—is what makes grocery shopping stomach-able for a lot of folks. But what they choose as their splurge is as personal as their Starbucks order.

I reached out to our readers on Facebook and Twitter to hear how everybody treats themselves at the grocery store. Some answered with fancy artisan goods. Others went straight to guilty pleasures. And a lot of folks went for dairy—lots and lots of dairy.

Here are the full results:

Splurge on a slate.

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Cheese

Epi readers appear to always find room for high-quality cheeses from the cheese counter, like Port Salut, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and pungent Gorgonzola. (It's safe to assume that fancy crackers make it into the cart, too.)

Oils and Vinegars

Hey, after dropping 20-odd bucks on a pound of cheese, it sort of make sense that some folks go ahead and toss high-quality olive oil and vinegar in their carts, too—giving their grocery haul all the makings of a perfect appetizer hour.

Big shock: there's always room for this.

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Chocolate

After mulling over expensive (and underripe) avocados, some of you could use a pick-me-up. And while for some of you that means yogurt-covered pretzels, for most of you it means chocolate. Dark chocolate, actually—it was the second-most common reply after cheese.

Ice Cream

After chocolate, ice cream and gelato appeared to be the next most popular splurge. One follower name-dropped every premium brands of regional ice cream she likes to splurge on: McConnell's. Coolhaus. Steve's. Graeter's. Gelato Fiasco, and "even good ol' Ben & Jerry's," making me wonder if she goes splurging state-by-state.

Soda

My favorite sweet-tooth splurge came from Jacob D., who usually splurges for "Strawberry and Grape Crush soda, but occasionally some prime roast cut into steaks, if the price is right." Soda before steak any day, amirite?

Higher-Quality Meats, Dairy, and Eggs

On to the other side of the splurge spectrum: organic and other high-quality meats. A lot of readers said they make a special trip to a farmer's market or co-op to pay a few extra dollars for organic milk, prime beef, pork, and the best cured meats that they can find.

Sure, you could make this delightful chutney at home. OR YOU COULD SPLURGE.